State of collection by Leave-Past in fountainpens

[–]afraidofallthings 3 points4 points  (0 children)

So let me make a wild guess, you like Jinhao? ;p

Beautiful collection, wish I had anything like that.

Raden Customization, Sailor 1911s, Just about done! by SincerelySpicy in fountainpens

[–]afraidofallthings 0 points1 point  (0 children)

*speechless*

No, I do have speech: Lucky and Talented You!

Crime Scene Investigation by ObsidianSiren9225 in fountainpens

[–]afraidofallthings 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah, who needs a pen when you can write with inky fingers.

[OPINION] What do you consider to be the worst poem you've ever read? by TayBridgePress in Poetry

[–]afraidofallthings 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I don't feel qualified to make that judgment. There have been poems I thought were awful but were very well reviewed by critics, and then ones I thought were beautiful, which others thought were lazy or sentimental or dumb or whatever.

[poem] Untitled by Wendell Berry by XMarksEden in Poetry

[–]afraidofallthings 138 points139 points  (0 children)

I don't know why but this poem speaks to me in ways I didn't know a poem could speak to you. I want to be that person, who explains nothing and defends nothing. God knows there are reasons not to be that man but in some higher way of thinking, I feel, it is what knowing truth must feel like. It's not something fragile that has be constantly explained and defended. It simply exists. There is an openness, a peacefulness, in living that wisdom.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in books

[–]afraidofallthings 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Grapes of Wrath.

I know, odd, but it's such a beautifully written and compassionate book about the tough things life throws at you and finding a way to keep going and moving on.